More Effective Use of By-Products for Farm Meat
The United States Department of Agriculture urges farmers to conserve corn stover straw and other by products to boost meat and dairy output. Using straw and stover in rations can cut waste and raise profits while preserving grain for human use. Breeding herds and dairy cows can thrive on roughage rich rations with limited grain.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Colleges of Agriculture and Institute
Selecting Sows for Market Readiness in Fall Breeding
To boost sow numbers, select broad chested thrifty sows from last fall's lit ter and cull narrow chested pinch bellied ones to suit a convenient market season.
Fruit Prices and Crates in Colorado Listings
A fragment lists fruit items with crate quantities and prices including apples in fancy boxes at $2.00 to $3.00, cherries in crates, currants in crates, Loganberries and gooseberries in crates, peaches and raspberries with per crate pricing. The entry reads like a market or wholesale price list from a midwestern or western ledger.
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Colo
Denver
Colorado Upland
Colorado
Nebraska Upland
Nebraska
South Parker
Gunnison
Miscellaneous metal markets and prices across cities
Market notes list metal prices in New York St Louis London and Boulder. Lead copper silver spelter bar silver tungsten concentrates crude ores and concentrates priced per unit with varying percentages and ranges.
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New York
C. St. Louis
London
Boulder
Colo
Chicago Live Stock Prices and Market Figures
A dense report of Chicago live stock quotations across hogs cattle sheep and stockers with price ranges for each class. Also notes New York flour prices linseed sugar butter eggs poultry and assorted hides and pelts pricing. Includes scattered figures from Kansas City and Duluth markets.
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F .O. B. Denver
F. O
Denver
Chicago
Red Cross Motor Corps Aids DC War Effort
District of Columbia Red Cross motor corps answers up to 15 calls daily via a special war department telephone link. The unit, led by Colonel Mrs J Borden Harriman, handles ambulance and transport work for national headquarters Potomac division and Walter Reed hospital convoys. A notable incident saw a soldier ask a Philadelphia girl to marry him as a message was delivered from a moving troop train.
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War Department
Red Cross Motor Corps
District of Columbia
District
United States
J. Borden Harriman
National
Potomac
Walter Reed Hospital
Philadelphia
John Smith
Red Cross
Proof That One Can Be Mistaken in Judgment
A narrator contrasts two women with sharp social observations. One woman, dressed to please her husband, defends boarding and her role, while another chides the costs and expectations. The piece mocks quick judgments and urges restraint in sizing others up.
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Jim
What Made Shabby Woman Look Different
A saffron skinned woman with glazed black hair and a rag of a red rose on her shabby frock walks downtown. Her rusted lace shawl hints at Spain and a romantic mantilla, drawing curious glances from locals and whispers of foreign origins. The scene hints at cultural allure beyond fashion pages.
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Vanity Fair
Truthful office boy shines in Major Donovan tale
A lighthearted account highlights Major Dan Donovan and his draft office in Baltimore. The punctuality test shows a bright trainee misinforming a caller about the major's absence, illustrating early wartime effort and the need for accuracy in camp processing.
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Dan Donovan
Camp Meade
T&ct
Major Donovan
Silage: Key Feed For Cattle In Winter and Beef Production
Silage is urged as the best way to preserve corn and feed cattle, with mentions of dairy and beef gains. The U S Department of Agriculture campaign promotes more silos, especially in Southern states and tick quarantine areas, to reduce winter feed costs and boost beef output.
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Bureau of Animal Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Silo Construction Urged to Preserve Grain
Farmers are urged to conserve grain by feeding silage. The questions every cattle keeper faces: do you have a silo and is it large enough to feed cattle until the next harvest? Build or buy silos, and seek extension department or Washington, D. C. materials. government help costs nothing.
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Extension Department
State Agricultural College
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Silo as modern method for year round cattle feed
The article notes Romans stored green crops in pits and air tight containers for winter feed. It highlights the silo as the modern evolution, giving farmers a year round supply, higher feed storage efficiency, and convenient access for cattle sheep and hogs.
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Rome
Treating Heated Horses in Heatwave Care
Do not bleed horses that have sunstroke or heat exhaustion. Apply ice or cold water to head and spine and give carbonate of ammonia in water as soon as swallowing is possible. Repeat dose if pulse stays fast. Shower with cold water until body temp drops to 103 F. Rub legs with hay. After eating, add tonic: iron, gentian, red cinchona bark in feed for several days.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Needs and Habits of Sheep
The needs and habits of sheep differ widely from those of horses, cattle and swine, but present no problems that will not be met by interested sutely and observation supported by satisfac tory returns.
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
Denver Market
Noel Nein
Haya and Grain Market
Lima
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I York
Kansas
Duluth
Minn
Kansas City
York
Boise
Mls
Chile
Bilis
Wastsington City Sideeights
Special Information Service
Spain
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